Epidemiology of Musculoskeletal Tuberculosis in an Area with High Disease Prevalence.

CONCLUSIONS: The age distribution was trimodal, spinal disease was predominant, MDR TB rate in our cohort was high, and a large portion of TB patients in our hospital were HIV coinfected. Hence, spinal services with sufficient access to operating facilities are required for tertiary care facilities in areas with a high TB prevalence. PMID: 28670408 [PubMed]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28670408?dopt=Abstract

Source: Asian Spine Journal - July 5, 2017 Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Asian Spine J Source Type: research

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